To reduce truck traffic downtown and help Austin achieve its Zero Waste goals, Austin Resource Recovery manages a commercial trash and recycling contract for businesses located in the Downtown Austin Recycling and Trash Service District (see map).

Businesses and residents in this service district have access to convenient Single Stream recycling Dumpsters in their alleys. These customers can place all of the following materials in any alley recycling Dumpster, with no sorting required:

Flattened cardboard

Mixed paper, including mail, newspapers, magazines and phone books

Aluminum, tin and steel cans

Hard plastic containers #1-7

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Follow these steps to prepare materials for recycling:

Flatten boxes

Drain bottles, jars, cans and other containers

Rinse off food residue

Do NOT put recyclables in plastic bags

The items below are considered trash; keep them out of the Single Stream Recycling dumpsters: